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  Active optics

  Active optics is a relatively new technology for reflecting telescopes developed in the 1980s, which has more recently enabled the construction of a generation of telescopes with 8 metre primary ... > more
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Solar System
  NASA
  Astronomy
  Pluto
  Moon
   
  

  Near-Earth object

  Near-Earth objects (NEO) are asteroids, comets and large meteoroids whose orbit intersects Earth's orbit and which may therefore pose a collision danger. Due to their size and proximity, NEOs are ... > more
• Moon
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
  Space Probes
  NASA
  Astronomy
   

  Lunar space elevator

  A lunar space elevator (also called a moonstalk) is a proposed cable running from the surface of the Moon into space. It is similar in concept to the better known Earth space elevator idea (a cable ... > more
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Astronomy
  Solar System
  Sun
  Solar Flare
  Space Exploration
   
  

  Comet

  A comet is a small body in the solar system that orbits the Sun and (at least occasionally) exhibits a coma (or atmosphere) and/or a tail - both primarily from the effects of solar radiation upon the ... > more
• Black Holes
  Cosmology
  Space Station
  NASA
  Astronomy
  Space Probes
   

  Presentism (philosophy of time)

  In the philosophy of time, presentism is the belief that neither the future nor the past exists. The opposite of presentism is 'eternalism', which is a belief in things that are past and things that ... > more
• Optics
  Cosmic Rays
  Physics
  Medical Technology
  Black Holes
  Astrophysics
   
  

  Electromagnetic spectrum

  The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of all possible electromagnetic radiation. Above infrared in frequency comes visible light. This is the range in which the sun and stars similar to it emit ... > more
• Space Telescopes
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Cosmic Rays
  Black Holes
  Astronomy
   
  

  Compton Gamma Ray Observatory

  The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) was the second of the NASA "Great Observatories" to be launched to space, following the Hubble Space Telescope. The observatory was launched on the Space ... > more
• Space Telescopes
  Space Exploration
  NASA
  Satellites
  Astronomy
  Cosmic Rays
   
  

  Telescope

  A telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects. The term usually refers to optical telescopes, but there are telescopes for most of the spectrum of electromagnetic ... > more
• Space Station
  Space Probes
  Space Exploration
  NASA
  Astronomy
  Space Telescopes
   
  

  Outer space

  Outer space, also simply called space, refers to the relatively empty regions of the universe outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. Outer space is used to distinguish it from airspace (and ... > more
• Sun
  Solar Flare
  Astronomy
  Solar System
  Stars
  Northern Lights
   
  

  Sun

  The Sun is the spectral type G2V yellow star at the center of our solar system. About 5 million tons of matter is converted by the Sun's core into energy every second, producing neutrinos and solar ... > more

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